Shot of the month

If you’re planning to enter our Animal Kingdom round, which launches next week, take these tips from three of last year’s top ten photographers

The connection between nature and creativity comes in many forms. Here, artists, writers and musicians talk about the different ways in which they take inspiration from the outdoors - and share the places that fuel their imagination

The APOY judges choose their favourite images that didn’t make the top ten of our Landscapes category

Digital Camera readers show how they’ve been getting creative, submitting images across a range of genres

How to offset a drab and grey sky, with Kevin Winter

We get close to woodpeckers, birds of prey and raccoon dogs in Estonia, in the company of wildlife pro Paul Browning